Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-12

L yum - -tfpASl o. h-aiH u bSfuH To-
sIplisit for repetition. 0shea bad BOT
pne friend ia the Irisb party apart from
1 Parueii He wsa the ohise8 Of their
ssorn. They dislrustsd him - poliii-
sian, they feared him - = traitor, and
tkev faasbed hin for other rsasoDs-
i Heslv I'D the Opposition 20 his can1i-
l iaey with = full kDOvisd9e Of facts. aad
| sifh : detern nation 10 abide tbs 0oD
aeqaeness. he could hsve defeated
| Parnell and driven O'shsa o1f Of
ffslanA. Bat AZ TIE LAST nnomsns he
Welded N entgsatiss from OBgfeu. who
hated O'shea a. nah a. be did, bat
zho feels toward Psrnsll an almost
znnauish persouai attachment The
sotsFfe % hkttssers who strive 10 enoiF
20 ParnsIl vowed yenReanee on HealF.
They declared be should BE- cut "A
himself. They charged noon him mo
.ives nn4oEfhg his abilities and bis
sstFiotism. They eainmuizte1 bis and
oitiou aud f0ss.Old that 0nre out Of the
party be vssld be ont Of PsFneil's way
forever. Mark the sequel. Defeated in
close constituency. HsalT Was out, bat
he first chance PaFneil bad 10 pet him
IN AGAIN be wrote pablie letter concern
ing his election for a vaested seat which
"a = manful. II covered, aeknowledsmsnt
that in the O'Shea episode Hesiy's
-0aFags and motives were clearer 10
Paruell than be vas then 10 a position
70 appreciate. Il 10 perfectly under
stood that that episode Was Lesson
1hieh Mr.. PsrBeii learned With bitter
nsss bat With besshi. Nov be does
consult With leading men Of the party
not only over vacant seats. bat 10 rela-
tion 10 many things which he bad been
wont 70 dispose Of according 30 his
pleasure.
The question Of Parnell's religion has
often been discussed but never elucids-
ted. KsliRiou enters 10 aentely into
politics and sssisty over here that
conspicuous man mast declare himself.
The oompulsi0n. uhieh Gladstone m
vitss and Churchill does not repel,
PaFneii has IGNORED. Ireland is over
vheiminRiy Catholic. Yet she trusts
this man implicitly not 30 permit any
legislation which will be offensive 10 her
traditions. A great critic described the
teligisus state Of Germany after the
| thirty years var a. petrifed Protestant
ism. PaFDell Is petrifled Protestant.
| He has never spoken q word which
UOuld indicate the presence Of q dogma
IN his consciousness. He has never
written line TO disavOw the hereditary
creed Of bis family. Bat he has had to
encounter 60 mneh malignant stupidity
on the part Of terminating exp0Hents
of faiths claiming 90 be divine that one
NAV credit a story tsld Of bin. lover
of Greek lore quoted in bis presence one
day the ancient crepe that Socrates
bad brouRht philosophy doEn from
Heaven. PArnsll SAILED his pale smile
and replied: What pity he did not
take theology up there"
The great education question, whose
| wedge Ia nov sharply entering politics,
will compel Mr.. Paruell TO take sides,
but his petFitied Professionalism will
easily determine his course All the
denominations agree in preferring de-
nominational schools under State super
vision. They point to Canada, whose
schools are among tbs best 10 the world;
90 Switzerland. to Germany They
| point, on The other hand, 10 atheizinR
France and TO material America as
| illustrations Of the extravaRauoe, the
lmmorslity, aud the ineffsiency Of
| public education from which the idea OF
Gsd and moral responsibility ia effaced
from the very foundation. The disei-
piine Of American schools evOkss enthu
siastio praise from British pedaRoeues,
who look at thee purely as evidence
that the you b Of the Republic sre
taught oomposure and obedience. Bot
only the small and not plausible section
| Of British Radicals favor the total
seculariz ition Of primary schools. Par
ueli. u Is known, will throw the vote of
| his party for the q nom national ays
tenn, bat 70 ~ kn9vn also that the Irish
vote will be cast for etriot equality OF
tue scots. IL IL also believed that he
will favor compulsory education
scheme.
Il is fortunate for leader whose
zenlss "a passive that the range OF
topics upon which be must or may ex-
press himself Is 80 limited ~ Il il for
MIR. Paruell. He is not a reading man.
he versatility Of so maay of BritaIn's
great politicians Is not repeated In
him. His mind Is said 20 be a
blank usou everything outside the
Irish question. Even upon that
lis eyes are hxed on the
present, rarely on the past. never
very far into the future. The few
speeches be has made IN which be en-
tered upon details we're hastily prepared
frun material collected and digested
for him by his colleagues He is not a
student. he pays no attention to books.
lie u always passive. and pAssIvity IL
exactly the gift Ireland should have be.
sought from Heaven for the leader Of
her struggle in this period Of the his
tory q Great Britain. When his genius
u passiyiiy has Temporarily abandoned
him, Mr. PaTnsll has binadsred. HIS
ttT.d de.iyeTAace in WIckl0W Vas A
striking example Of this. lie ann0unc-
I'd himself squateiy pfotectionist. In
doing that be expressed the convietion
q the mass u she Irish people. For
snile historians may devise tsasons for
the abolition Of tue Irish Parliament
after urattaB's faculties had wAned
the truth Is that u Was the English
| manufacturers who drove the Min
/ isteFs into the resolve 90 DESTROY II.
they oouid not tolerate the growth
~ manufactures In ireland, and
l ttAt Parliament MAS making them grow
Ruder protection. IL was. therefore, a
tactical error Ter Mr. PArnsll 10 aroua lee
| tie Indignation Of tbs powerful class
against the Home Rnie biu. and be vas
| obliged 90 Esoede from his position IN
| der pressure Of Liberal iudasnce.
Ga the other hand, bis friends olaim
! tAtht ht1 keaNNiNAAN NHAAttAhtA NfEN grave
hEa. For several years leading men
/ Ia the party have besanght him 90 use
/ the financial resources supB.ie led from
America 90 educate pubic opinion 10
/ Eagisud and Scotland. aad to help
| carry uncertain Constituencies ia thes,
countries. IL is baiaiy asserted thai
bsd be dcne this ptilr TO the lAsl cen.
ersl election Gladstone Woaid have been
returned With majority for hsme rule
I he staob1yuly refused. Nos he has
| Welded. An Irish press agency is a..
lively disseminating home rule seed
/ thrsaahoat Great Britain. ana II the
Liberals ere a. poor 10 the next general
election as thsy aere IA the last, it $
certain thai AmsrtcAn money will be
placed Ia some districts 20 tuFn the tide
for lFeiAad.
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